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Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS

Advocates say it's a First Amendment issue. Critics say it's opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.

As nonprofit advocacy groups plunge into a high-priced fight over confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, they will no longer have to identify their biggest donors to the Internal Revenue Service.

The IRS announced the rules change Monday evening. Earlier that day, Trump railed against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russia's cryptocurrency-financed

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